- Gianluca Nani
Gianluca Nani (born
1 October 1962 ) is a Italian sporting and football technical director. On17 March ,2008 it was announced that he would take up this role for EnglishPremier League team West Ham United. [ [http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0,,12562~1267465,00.html Ginaluca Nani unveiled] ] He joined the club in June 2008 having signed a three year contract [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/18/sfnwes118.xml Gianluca Nani to join West Ham from Brescia] ] and has responsibility for the academy, scouting, transfers (with former team managerAlan Curbishley ) and for the training ground department.Born in
Rome , Nani studiedlaw and organised football tournaments inSpain [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/17/ufnwes217.xml Gianluca Nani named as West Ham director] ] before working asBrescia Calcio 's sporting director commencing in 1999. During this time he was credited with developing talents such as World Cup winnersAndrea Pirlo andLuca Toni .cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/7300255.stm|title=West Ham confirm Nani appointment |date=2008-03-17 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=2008-05-06] He was also involved in the arrival of 1993World Player of the Year Roberto Baggio , who spent four years at the club.He speaks fluent English, Spanish, and French along with his native Italian. [cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article3569666.ece|title=Gianluca Nani appointed West Ham technical director|date=
2008-03-17 |publisher=The Times|accessdate=2008-05-06]References
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